Mere moments after the nominations for the 66th annual Grammy Awards were revealed, quite a few people on social media asked the same question: “Who is Jon Batiste?” You may have spotted him on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,

Next, Batiste is set to perform the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. By his side through it all has been his wife, Suleika Jaouad, who is a New York Times best-selling author, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a motivational speaker.

As the Grammys 2025 played out at Crypto.com Arena Feb. 2, Jon Batiste—who won two awards at the ceremony—and wife Suleika Jaouad stayed home after sharing that her cancer had returned.